Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 - c. 1700 BCE
H. 34.6 x W. 6.5 x Thickness 1.4 cm (13 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 9/16 in.) Weight 660 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Iron
JapaneseGreen and black nephrite
ChineseMottled green and gray stone
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseDark green nephrite with remains of cinnabar on both sides
10th-9th century BCEChinesePale green translucent nephrite with brownish markings
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseLight gray stone
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
ChineseLight green nephrite with tan spots, turning dark brown at the lower end
3rd millennium BCEChineseNephrite
ChineseCream-colored nephrite with gray markings
12th-11th century BCEChineseLight buff nephrite with sparse grayish green veins; traces of cinnabar adhering to the surfaces
Chinese